Peking University Tops Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings

Peking University Tops Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings

For the fifth consecutive year, Peking University (PKU) tops the elite Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings. Over 350 universities from over 42 countries were ranked across five principal performance areas: “Teaching (the learning environment), Research (volume, income and reputation), Citations (research influence), International outlook (staff, students and research), and Industry Income (knowledge transfer).”

PKU is China’s first and most renowned comprehensive research university, having just celebrated its 120th anniversary on May 4, 2018. Teaching students who are among the best in China, PKU boasts an outstanding faculty, including 53 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 7 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and 14 members of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).